Unable to Clear & Delete after Error 51

My Series 3 (TCD648250B) died recently, which I first thought was the HDD. I was unable to backup the drive with WinMFS (got an error reading the drive) and the drive failed SMART tests. So I found Unitron's fresh image for my model and started over with a new 1TB drive (WD10EAVS restored with WinMFS). Couldn't get that to work so I replaced the caps in my power supply.

Now the TiVo will boot just fine with the fresh drive and I get through setup without any problems. I then get error 51, which is expected. So I do a Clear and Delete, but the TiVo never boots successfully a second time. After getting through the initial setup it seems like everything is working fine (except the error 51 of course). But then I can't get it to boot again after selecting Clear and Delete, which is necessary to clear the error 51. It just hangs on the initial powering up screen (all lights on the front of the box on). Is this where it would hang for hours during a clear and delete?

Any suggestions? I've used old posts on this forum to get this far and it's been incredibly helpful, but I'm at a loss now. I've got lifetime service on this box so I'd really like to rescue it.

My Series 3 (TCD648250B) died recently, which I first thought was the HDD. I was unable to backup the drive with WinMFS (got an error reading the drive) and the drive failed SMART tests. So I found Unitron's fresh image for my model and started over with a new 1TB drive (WD10EAVS restored with WinMFS). Couldn't get that to work so I replaced the caps in my power supply.

Now the TiVo will boot just fine with the fresh drive and I get through setup without any problems. I then get error 51, which is expected. So I do a Clear and Delete, but the TiVo never boots successfully a second time. After getting through the initial setup it seems like everything is working fine (except the error 51 of course). But then I can't get it to boot again after selecting Clear and Delete, which is necessary to clear the error 51. It just hangs on the initial powering up screen (all lights on the front of the box on). Is this where it would hang for hours during a clear and delete?

Any suggestions? I've used old posts on this forum to get this far and it's been incredibly helpful, but I'm at a loss now. I've got lifetime service on this box so I'd really like to rescue it.

Yes it does start me in Guided Setup, which seems to work fine and then I have working live TV after it's done. But then I get the error 51 message when I try to go to my recordings and can't get it to come back after I do the restart (either from the message or by going manually to Clear and Delete).

Looks like I need a SATA extension cable to use a 3.5" HDD with my little PC case so I'll have to wait until Wed for one to arrive. I hope that's it and will report back. In the meantime, please let me know if anyone else has suggestions to try.

Yes it does start me in Guided Setup, which seems to work fine and then I have working live TV after it's done. But then I get the error 51 message when I try to go to my recordings and can't get it to come back after I do the restart (either from the message or by going manually to Clear and Delete).

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Have you tried restoring the image, going through GS, and then recording something without looking in the Now Playing list first?

Well I'm happy to report that disabling intellipark fixed it. Very good news!

Thanks to everyone for all of your help. I had no idea how to fix this thing when it broke last week and I was able to make a new HDD and fix the power supply - all because of the info here. Saved me a bunch of money and a lot of frustration. You guys are awesome!